They probably didn't want that sort of riff raff in the colonies. ;) On Thu, Jun 10, 2010 at 7:57 PM, Jerry Johnson <[email protected]> wrote: > > They should have picked a better side. Dumb UELs. > > Now they are tar and feathering our southern beaches! > > (and yes, unfortunately, I have bunches of Canadians hiding in my family > tree as well. Teeples and Mabees and McCallums, oh my. Canada West was their > home for generations, until the crown and royal shenanigans forced them back > into the US through Michigan.) > > > > On Thu, Jun 10, 2010 at 7:37 PM, Larry C. Lyons <[email protected]>wrote: > >> >> Just a short point. My family was kicked out of the US for being loyal >> to the legitimate government at the time. The extremists forced >> loyalists into concentration camps and practiced what we would call >> ethnic cleansing for any community that did not support the >> revolution. Even the so called noble George Washington suggested that >> it not be a crime if a loyalist was killed in his house or that his >> land was seized etc. He went so far to advocate tarring and feathering >> any loyalist left. >> >> Not too far from what various extremists want to do these days to the >> opposition. >> > > >
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